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Yamaha PortaTone PSR-6000 User Manual

Yamaha PortaTone PSR-6000
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Yamaha PortaTone PSR-6000 Specifications

General IconGeneral
BrandYamaha
ModelPortaTone PSR-6000
CategoryMusical Instrument
LanguageEnglish

Summary

Taking Care of Your PortaTone

The Custom Accompaniment Programmer

The PSR-6000 Display & Help Function

Playing the PSR-6000

Selecting & Playing Voices

How to choose and play different instrument sounds.

Select a Voice or Voices

Detailed steps for selecting instrument voices, including groups and categories.

Transposition, Tuning, Octave Change, & Key Velocity

Adjusting pitch, tuning, octave, and touch response settings.

TRANSPOSE & TUNE

Transposing the keyboard pitch and fine-tuning.

Using the Accompaniment Section

Select a Style

Choosing and using accompaniment styles from presets or disk.

Start the Accompaniment

Various methods to start and control accompaniment playback.

Interactive Accompaniment

How the keyboard adapts accompaniment to playing style.

One Touch Setting

Engage the One Touch Setting Feature

Activating the one-touch setting feature for instant sound changes.

Expression & Effects

Using the Pads

The MULTI Mode

Using pads for recording and playing back phrases and chords.

Recording Phrases

Step-by-step process for recording musical phrases on the pads.

The PERC Mode

Using pads to play drum and percussion instruments.

Assigning Different Instruments To the PERC Pads

Customizing which percussion sounds are assigned to each pad.

The TEMPO Mode

Using pads to control tempo variations.

Panel Registration

Registering the Panel Settings

Steps to save current control settings into memory banks.

Playing DOC (Disk Orchestra Collection) & General MIDI Music Software Disks

Select a Playback Mode & Song Number If Necessary

Choosing playback modes (All, Chain, Single) and song selection.

The Sequencer

Recording

Steps for recording musical data using the 8-track sequencer.

Engage the Sequencer

Activating the sequencer mode.

Set Up All Record Parameters

Configuring settings like style, voices, and harmony before recording.

Select the Record Track(s)

Choosing which tracks to record data onto.

Start Recording

Initiating the recording process for a sequence.

Deleting Tracks

Removing unwanted tracks from a recorded sequence.

Sequence Editing

CONDITION/VOLUME — CONDITION

Setting conditions like metronome, harmony, and recording type.

EDIT — TRACK COPY/MIX

Copying or mixing data between sequencer tracks.

REMOVE EVENT

Removing specific events like pitch bend or volume changes from a track.

DELETE MEASURE

Deleting specified measures or ranges of measures from tracks.

CREATE MEASURE

Inserting blank measures into tracks.

QUANTIZE

Aligning notes to the nearest specified beat for timing correction.

ERASE

Erasing note and event data from specified measures, leaving blank measures.

NOTE SHIFT

Shifting the pitch of notes up or down in semitone increments.

SONG CLEAR

Deleting all data from a selected song.

The Custom Accompaniment Programmer

Basic Programming Procedure (Normal section)

Step-by-step guide to creating custom accompaniment styles.

Custom Accompaniment Editing

Modifying recorded data within the custom programmer.

EDIT — QUANTIZE

Aligning notes to the nearest beat for timing correction.

EDIT — REMOVE EVENT

Removing specific events from a track.

STORE

Saving the current custom accompaniment to a style number.

The PSR-6000 “Functions”

F1: Custom Voice Edit

Dual Voice Edit Functions (voice group 11)

Editing dual voices by combining two sounds.

Drum Voice Edit Functions (Voice group 12)

Editing drum voices, including name, pan, pitch, and softness.

F2: Reverb/Effect

REVERB TYPE & DEPTH

Selecting reverb types and adjusting their depth.

EFFECT TYPE & DEPTH

Selecting and adjusting digital effects.

F3: Controller

F4: One Touch Setting/IA

F6: Disk

F7: Utility

MEMORY BACKUP & REGISTRATION FREEZE

Managing memory backup and registration freeze settings.

RECALL PRESET DATA

Recalling the instrument's initial factory settings.

F8: MIDI

MIDI Channel & Multi Part Settings

Configuring MIDI channels and multi-part settings.

MIDI Switch, System Settings, & Data Transmission

Managing MIDI switches, system settings, and data transmission.

Error Messages

Sequencer Errors

Error messages related to sequencer operations.

Custom Accompaniment Programmer Errors

Error messages specific to the custom programmer.

Disk Errors

Error messages related to disk operations.

MIDI Errors

Error messages related to MIDI communication.

DOC/GM Mode Errors

Error messages specific to DOC/GM modes.

Troubleshooting

Specifications • Technische Daten • Spécifications

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